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1. Use the SwitchGrip® (instead of your fingers) to safely hold the light switch and keep your fingers away from screwdriver jabs. Turn the A/C detector switch to on. The power warning light of the SwitchGrip® should be off and the power warning beep should not sound. If the light is on or the warning beep sounds, you have thrown the wrong fuse or breaker and will need to try again.

2. Use the wire stripping, measuring and bending units located on the handle of the SwitchGrip® to ensure a proper connection.

3. A single-pole switch will be in the middle of a wiring circuit. There will be two sets of black and white wires in the box.

4. On the light switch, there are two brass or gold-colored screws. The black or red (hot wires) connect to both of these.

5. Pigtail (connect) both white (neutral) wires together using a wire nut.

6. There is one green screw, called the grounding screw. The green or bare wire connects to this screw.

7. When connecting a wire to the screw of a switch, always turn the loop on the end of the wire in the same direction as the screw threads. If the loop is turned in the opposite direction, tightening the screw will loosen the loop.

8. Using the SwitchGrip® for leverage, push the light switch and stiff electrical wires back into the electrical box and screw the switch, top and bottom, to the box. You can then remove the SwitchGrip® and put the face plate on.

9. You can now replace the fuse or trip the circuit breaker to ON.

	ADDITIONAL HELP:
	Remember when replacing outlets and switches it is very helpful to label the wires or make a drawing and wire the new light switch in the same way the old light switch was wired.
	Replace switches with replacements of the same type. For example, a single-pole decorator switch will directly replace a conventional single-pole switch.
	You cannot replace a three-way switch with a single-pole switch. Replacement switches should also be of the same amperage and voltage ratings as those they replace. This information is listed on the face of both switches and outlets.
	Switches may come with wire leads and no-screw terminal connections. In this case the wires are connected with wire nuts. These switches may look different from the switches they replace, but they are basically the same.
	The black wire coming from the new switch is the same as a brass-colored terminal connector on the old switch.
	A red wire, if present, represents another brass-colored terminal.
	The white wire is the same as the silver terminal, and the green wire is the ground, just like the grounding screw terminal of the old switch.

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